{"id":116775,"date":"2023-03-15T21:46:28","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T01:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=116775"},"modified":"2023-03-15T21:46:28","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T01:46:28","slug":"client-1st-financial-president-ceo-steps-into-leadership-role-of-bethlehem-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?p=116775","title":{"rendered":"Client 1st Financial President &#038; CEO Steps into Leadership Role of Bethlehem Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Photo Credit: Marco Calderon Photography<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Michael J. Fischer will serve as vice president on New Bethany\u2019s Board of Directors<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fogelsville, PA (March 15, 2023) &#8211; <\/strong>As a local financial firm, Client 1st Financial (C1F) heavily emphasizes charitable giving and community service. The firm\u2019s leadership team shares the same values. Michael J. Fischer, C1F president and CEO, has recently been appointed vice president to <a href=\"https:\/\/newbethanyministries.org\/\"><u>New Bethany<\/u><\/a>\u2019s board of directors. This is his second board position at New Bethany; he previously served as board treasurer.<\/p>\n<p>As vice president, Michael will participate and advocate for New Bethany executive, finance, and development committees. In each of these groups, he and his committee members will strategize how to increase public awareness, empower donors, tackle root problems, and rally around New Bethany\u2019s cause. He steps into the new role alongside five other board members, comprising a fresh executive committee. The entire board is responsible for working with New Bethany staff to facilitate its planned expansion in 2023 and to ensure they continue to abide by its mission statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a joy to step into this new leadership role at New Bethany, an organization that does so much for the Lehigh Valley community,\u201d says Fischer. \u201cThis is my sixth year on their board, and seeing their dedication and impact up close has been so inspiring. I have been passionate about community service from a young age, and it is gratifying to make this a part of my business and to exemplify it for my clients.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New Bethany is a local nonprofit committed to removing barriers and providing support to those experiencing poverty, homelessness, and food insecurity in the Lehigh Valley. Its staff provides food support, clothing, referral services, showers, financial management, housing, wellness services, and more to locals. The organization believes that all people, regardless of circumstances, should be treated with dignity and care without judgment.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about Client 1st Financial, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.client1stfinancial.com\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nGrace Doul\u00e9<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialTmarketing.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.socialTmarketing.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Credit: Marco Calderon Photography Michael J. Fischer will serve as vice president on New Bethany\u2019s Board of Directors Fogelsville, PA (March 15, 2023) &#8211; As a local financial firm, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?p=116775\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Client 1st Financial President &#038; CEO Steps into Leadership Role of Bethlehem Board<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116776,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Michael-J-Fischer.jpg?fit=672%2C372&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=116775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/116776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=116775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=116775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=116775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}